Zippey has a limited amount of teak on her, but what she does have was not kept up by me or her last owner. It has fallen into a sad state of disrepair.  Teak is a pretty hardy wood and recently my research has led me not to replacement but I restoration. Tonight I started

Penny was commissioned in 1977. She is an old gal but in remarkably good shape for her age, though some of her joints are getting creaky. One of them is her fridge (which I am not convinced is original). The fridge that came with the boat was an older Norcold model. A few month after

Zippey’s motor is powered by a Yamaha two stroke 8HP outboard. I purchased this motor in 2012 and it has run strong until now. I started having issues with the cooling flowing properly which led me to investigate other issues, such as a rough idle. The motors idle was getting a little rough near the

When using the shower the water drains down into a holding tank. Inside that holding tank is a bilge pump that has an internal floater which detects water to activate the pump. From the pump there is a six foot rise and a seven foot run to the outlet. Some bilge pumps are not powerful